As noted on the
Battlefield 2 Website, the Armored Fury booster pack for Battlefield 2 is now
available for purchase via
EA Downloader . Word is: "Battlefield 2 is proud to introduce its second booster
pack, Armored Fury. The battle continues in a brand-new theater as the US forces
are fighting on their own soil -- defend your territory against the MEC and
Chinese forces, from the Alaskan pipeline to the prairies of the American
Midwest. New attack jets and scout helicopters give air combat a whole new level
of importance!"

The EA Downloader is at it again. It won't let me login to the site to purchase the expansion ... even though my username and password are correct. It just tells me to keep re-entering my password, over and over again.

Fired off an email to EA ... but I guess I'll probably have to wait a few days before I get a response.

Someone asked about any good mods. One is called USI which is set in the first Gulf War and includes such things as A-10 Warthogs, SU-25 ground attack jets, changes to the tanks including zoom and two different types of rounds (one for infantry another for armor).

Its got potential but I think they released it a tad too early and there really isn't enough content that differs from the core game in any significant way. It's definitely a mod to keep your eye on though.

Joining servers only to have the map change mid load to one you don’t have, either being dumped back to the server browser or having some really slow auto-downloader pop up which is useless because it’s so slow by the time you’ve gotten half the map it’s already cycled to the next map, which you also don’t have. Searching endlessly through broken links for the right map pack for the server only to find out you don’t have the latest version of some map in the pack.

The other benefit to having ranked servers is the assurance that each one will be set to the same rules and won’t have any extra server tweaks that are only apparent once you’ve joined the server, rapid fire on all the weapons, the ability to jump over buildings, stupid stuff that some people think is “cool”

I don’t agree with all the rule changes EA has done to the game since it was released but it’s still a fun game to play. I’ll gladly pay a few bucks for the lack of aggravation, everyone else have fun with your mods.

I really like USI, hearing the A10 go by is amazing. Dropping the UAV seems to have been a good decision because it's much more important to spot enemies now. Rocket Launchers no longer give the tank warning before the hit, engineers get a SAM missle, A/C get shot down!

But the maps are too open and empty. So much space is basically empty or flat and it makes using vehicles harder because you stick out like a sore thumb against he map. And when a jet or helo is cruising around looking for prey, you will get killed real fast.

Someone asked about any good mods. One is called USI which is set in the first Gulf War and includes such things as A-10 Warthogs, SU-25 ground attack jets, changes to the tanks including zoom and two different types of rounds (one for infantry another for armor). There's also been several tweaks to the base weapons and a nice addition for the engineers (man portable SAMs).

It needs a few extra city maps though as the mod only includes one right now but it's certainly a good city map.

I had a job interview for game tester at EA a month ago (got hired by the way.. start work in a couple weeks), and when they asked me "Name one thing you'd like to see improved in BF2", I suggested just what you suggested here. The interview dudes seemed to like the idea, but I don't think they were in control of such matters.

It's a good idea because it's basically free work and money for EA. Gamers create new maps, EA slaps 'em in, and gamers tell their buddies how the game is always fresh and cool. Buddies go out and buy BF2, and the cycle continues. I guess EA wants to keep the well dry so you go out and buy the expansions/boosters. But that seems odd since great mods are bound to come out eventually anyway..